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Table of Contents

This review guide covers algebra topics for the general exam, organized by major areas.

  1. Chapter 1: Groups
    • 1.1 General Group Theory
    • 1.2 Applications of the Sylow Theorems
    • 1.3 Abelian Groups
  2. Chapter 2: Rings
    • 2.1 Basic Commutative Ring Theory
    • 2.2 PIDs, UFDs and Polynomial Rings
    • 2.3 Non-commutative Rings
  3. Chapter 3: Modules and Canonical Forms
    • 3.1 Modules
    • 3.2 Rational and Jordan Canonical Form
  4. Chapter 4: Multilinear Algebra
    • 4.1 Dual Spaces and Bilinear Forms
    • 4.2 Tensor Products over Commutative Rings
  5. Chapter 5: Fields
    • 5.1 General Field Theory
    • 5.2 Galois Theory
    • 5.3 Finding Galois Groups

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